Learning to ski?

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d000hg replied

12 March 2014, 09:20
Snow showing takes considerably more effort than walking, it's somewhat akin to walking through thigh-deep water. I'm sure skiing would kill you the first few days but surely the whole reason it's used as a form of transport is that it's easier. I'm thinking flattish ground, not going into the mountains - there is a frozen lake which is a PITA to walk across but you see people casually breezing across on skiis.
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Bacchus replied

12 March 2014, 09:14
Originally posted by d000hg View Post

We're back to Lapland on holiday this year. It's so snowy that you see more people travelling around on cross-country skis than on foot. I wondered how easy this type of skiing is to learn - I've no interest in downhill skiing but there are so many ski paths, and snow-show hiking is damn hard work.

Never tried it, but have always fancied it. I suspect that it would be even more hard work than snow-shoeing but would be very interested to hear how you get on!
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d000hg started a topic Learning to ski?

12 March 2014, 09:05
Learning to ski?

We're back to Lapland on holiday this year. It's so snowy that you see more people travelling around on cross-country skis than on foot. I wondered how easy this type of skiing is to learn - I've no interest in downhill skiing but there are so many ski paths, and snow-show hiking is damn hard work.
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